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T20 World Cup: Chasing a small target of 116 against Sri Lanka, New Zealand had a great opportunity to push their Net Run Rate to overtake India and move to second position in a tight Group A. Though New Zealand managed to win the match by eight wickets, they did that with only 15 balls to spare and are now placed third behind India on NRR with both teams having four points.

New Zealand captain Sophie Devine said they did not think a lot about the NRR calculations during their chase. She said they will wait for how results play out in the next two days before thinking about NRR in their final group game.

"We actually didn't (think about it). We set targets at the innings break and it was to win the game in the 17-18th over. We obviously see how results play out tomorrow and by the Pakistan game, we will know exactly (what we need). We will celebrate tonight's win but then go back to the drawing board (for our last match)," said Devine in the post-match presentation after their victory over Sri Lanka on Saturday.   Read More...